Improvement in slate-pencil attachments



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH POZNANSKI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLATE-PENCIL ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No 163,886, dated June 1, 1875 application filed October 16, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH POZNANSKI, of the city of New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Sponge-Holders for Slate-Pencils, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide a sponge-holder for slate-pencils so constructed that it will securely hold a sponge inserted in one end of the same, and which can be removed and replaced at will, while a slatepenoil may be inserted in the other end, and also readily removed.

My invention consists in constructing a sponge-holder for slate-pencils made of metal, wood, bone, or any other suitable material. The lower part of my improved sponge-holder is formed, tube-like, with one or more slits in the side, in order to allow the tube to expand when the slatepencil is inserted therein. The upper part, extending upward from the tube, is made to hold the sponge, and is formed into a number of claws, between which the sponge is placed. These claws are held together by aid of a ring, which is made to slide up and down over the outside of the same.

In order to describe more fully my invention, I refer to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

Figure I is a side View of my improved sponge-holder with sponge and pencil. Fig. II is a top view of the same without the sponge.

A is the sponge-holder. I) is the tube, with slits c, in which the slate-pencil D is inserted. e are the claws, holding the sponge F. 9 IS the ring, holding the claws together over the sponge.

Having described my invention, I desire to claim The sponge-holder for slate-pencils herein described, consisting essentially of the tube I),

provided with slits c, claws e, and ring g, all

constructed and arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

J OS. POZNANSKL Witnesses:

ANToN O. ORONDAL, FRANKLIN BARRITT. 

